The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a “massive testing and research effort” aimed at determining the cause of the “autism epidemic” by September, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday.
Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic who has cited supposed links between immunizations and rising childhood rates of autism, expressed concern during a White House Cabinet meeting about the “most recent numbers” showing that 1-in-31 children are being diagnosed with autism – up from 1-in-10,000 decades ago.
“We’ve launched a massive testing and research effort that’s going to involve hundreds of scientists from around the world,” the HHS secretary told President Trump. “By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic, and we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures.”
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